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<div>I thought that programming in Alice <span style="font-style: italic; ">was</span> "electronic game time"!! Silly me.</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Sandy Graham <<a href="mailto:sandyg@gvtc.com">sandyg@gvtc.com</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span>Alice educators <<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Friday, December 14, 2012 9:14 AM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>Alice educators <<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>Re: alice-teacher Fwd: s post from
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<div>If I did this as a class assignment, I'm sure my students would do it as they do all of their assignments. But I'm asking them to do the work over Christmas break and outside of class. So for the boys, this competition is competing with electronic game
time... a reality in our country.<br>
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<div>Sandy Graham</div>
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On Dec 14, 2012, at 8:49 AM, "Willms, Vania M" <<a href="mailto:VWILLMS@houstonisd.org">VWILLMS@houstonisd.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Well said Ms. Wilder!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">It’s still a mystery to me why students should somehow be compensated for doing their job well. Isn’t a student’s duty to perform well in class?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf Of </span></b>sheree wilder<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 13, 2012 6:28 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Alice educators<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: alice-teacher Fwd: s post from
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
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a sense of something is only worth doing if you have a tangible reward...<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> Alice educators <<a href="mailto:alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu">alice-teachers@lists.andrew.cmu.edu</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thu, December 13, 2012 12:39:25 PM<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I know my kids would be MUCH more likely to win if they get prizes. A $50 MasterCard gift card would be a HUGE motivator for them.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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On Dec 12, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Pat Sitaraman <<a href="mailto:ppsitt@yahoo.com" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:ppsitt@yahoo.com">ppsitt@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:
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On Dec 13, 2012, at 3:37 AM, Luke Reynolds <<a href="mailto:lreynolds@nrec.ri.cmu.edu" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:lreynolds@nrec.ri.cmu.edu">lreynolds@nrec.ri.cmu.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Hi Don,<br>
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Our competitions do not have prizes at this time, though winning entries will be displayed and archived as the prime example for the competition (examples:
<a href="http://www.cs2n.org/competitions">http://www.cs2n.org/competitions</a>).<br>
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